Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-28

Ine President's Regulations for Dis
tributiOn.
THE DISTRICTS ALLOWANCE GREATLY INCREASED
UNDER THE NEW LAW.

THE DISTRICTS ALLOWANCE GREATLY INCREASED
UNDER THE NEW LAW.
The act passed by the last Congress, increasing
the annual appropriation for supplying arms and
equipments to the militia, provides in its second
secton that the distribution to the Territories and
the District OF Columbia shall be made under such
regulations and In such proportions as the Presi-
dent may prescribe. Accordingly the President
subject:
Each Territory shall, If included within the pro-
vlslonS OF Sald act, annually receive arms, ord
nance stores, Quartermaster's stores and camp
equpage equivalent to the quota OF a State having
me, me least representation in Congress, and the
DiSIllcC OF columbia shall annually receive arms,
oronance stores, quartermaster's store, and camp
Squppage not exceeding double the quota OF a
ScaIe having the least representation in Congress
and camp equipage shall be issued to the Terrific.
mes on requ1s1uons OF the governors thereof and
10 Ihe District OF Columbia On acquisitions ap-
proved by the senior general of the district mill
tia present Tor duty. Returns shall be made annu-
auy Oy the senior general OF the District militia
in the manner as required by sections 3 and OF
the act above referred to In the case OF States and
Territories. 1t is forbidden to make issues to
states and Territories in excess OF the amount to
their credit under the provisions OF section 1l6l,
revised Statutes, as amended by the above act.
me regulations established by President Pierce,
1855, are revoked.
THE DISTRICTS SHARE FOUR TINES As LARGE As
HERETOFORE.
BY these regulations the District militia will re-
ceive four times the amount previously allotted to
1t Tor that purpose, which was only about 81, 400.
Ihe militia appropriation bill last year was
doubled, making 1t s400, 900 instead OF 500 600.
foImeriy IL was customary to give the District
ana territories the quota allowed the smallest
state, but by virtue Of the power given the Presi-
dent In the second section Of the bin to distribute
the money TO the District and Territories under
such regulations as he may deem best, he has
gwen 10 the DlStr1ct double the amount allowed
the State having the least representation in Con-
gress, thereby making the Districts share four
tlmes what 1t used TO be, or 0b0ut 5000. The
DlStr1ct organizations will be entitled to draw
arms, ordnance stores. quartermasters stores and
camp eqmpage On requisition approved by the
senior general present on duty.
This action Tor the benefit OF the District mill
ua was taken upon the strong recommendation
OF General Benet, chief OF ordnance, and General
iSfactOry result. All the permanent War Depart
ment officials are much interested I'm the District
militia, and viii do all in their power to benefit it.
CONSTITUTING THE SUNDAY LAW.
It Does Not Prohibit Manual Labor. or
the Sale or Delivery Of Articles Pre-
viOusIy Purchased If the Places Of
Business are Closed.
Special Assistant Attorney Padgett has decided
that while the law OF 1854 prohibits the keeping
open OF places Of business on Sunday, the sale OF
an dfticG 0OcS uOG constitute an OuenSe. Tn1S
opinion was ELECTED by a communication from
District Assembly No. g. Knights OF Labor, to the
District Commissioners, asking that their order in
regard to the Sunday law be extended to prohibit
the delivery OF ice on Sunday.
Mr.. Padgett says: "Should the proprietors OF
ice-houses keep the same open for the sale OF ice
they violate the law. The delivery OF ice from
wagons is not prohibited by the law, and know
OF no way to prevent the same ! do not think
that ice Is necessity within the meaning OF the
law"
At the same time the aforementioned communi-
cation was referred to Mr.. Padgett letter nom
the Journeymen Bakers Assembly No. 1883, K. OF
l., was received, incloNng resolutions to the effect
that II the law Is applied to one trace it should be
to all performing manual labor on Sunday, eSpe-
cially the bakers who work an average OF seventy
five hours each week.
Mr.. Padgett is OF opinion that ''the law does not
prohibit labor on the Sabbath day, except as such
labor may be involved In the keeping open OF any
place of business for the sale OF articles for profit II
the place OF business is not kept open for such pur
pose the proprietor thereof or his employees, may
perform all the labor that he pleases without vf0-
lation OF the provisions OF the said law